Antonio Spanevello, ERS 2018 – Is induced sputum a valid technique to detect airway inflammation?

Air pollution has been linked to exacerbating and causing symptoms associated with respiratory diseases, particularly impacting patients with asthma, COPD and allergic disease. touchRESPIRATORY were delighted to speak with Prof. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann (University in Augsburg, Germany) around the symptoms associated with exposure to air pollution, the impact of air pollution on existing respiratory conditions and […]

Recent epidemiological studies have shown that treatments for obesity-mediated metabolic perturbations such as GLP-1 receptors might improve symptoms in obesity-related asthma. We were delighted to speak to Prof. Anne E. Dixon (University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA) around the treatment strategies associated with obesity-mediated metabolic perturbations, the data surrounding weight loss as […]

Obesity-related asthma is associated with poorer control and a greater number of exacerbations of asthma, which in turn reduces patient quality-of-life. We were delighted to speak to Prof. Anne E. Dixon (University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, USA) around the difficulties in the diagnosis and management of obese asthma, the association between […]